Business Travel Part 3 - Yeah, I Don't Blend In

Today was a very sociable day, and a picture day. Seriously, so many pictures, some expected and some not.  I may even end up in a very respected industry magazine, which for a geek like me, will rank up there just below the time I received a thank you credit in a book in the same line as my favorite economist. And ... yes, I should should stop with that line of geekdom now.

Anyway, knowing some of the pictures were coming, I wanted to be sleek, but still comfy. And of course, again, I needed something that packed well.

Today, I went with a nice gray wool.  A light wool, though, so I didn't look ridiculous in June.  I have an Eloquii suit that really, truly, did the trick today.

My picture (I really need to up my detailed selfie game) doesn't do the jacket justice, so here, go to this link and have a closer looksy.  Now on the website, the model didn't turn the collar down.  Of course, it looks awesome on her.  She's a model, so duh.  I did turn the collar and lapels down, because I wanted to bring some more attention to the blouse and my "I could be a 1950s housewife and rock it, but I choose not to" pearls.  Were I wearing a more staid blouse, I would have popped the collar like a good 1980s frat boy and worn it like on the website.  Damned if this jacket doesn't work really well both ways.  It's a great, tailored cut, and the almost peplum-like detailing where you'd expect pockets is visually interesting in a good way.  

The matching skirt for the jacket is here, by the way.  

And Eloquii is doing a 30% off sale with a promo code (on the website), so check stuff out, the work wear is solid enough to be professional, non-standard enough not to get stodgy, and very well tailored.  

The blouse, alas, is long gone from sale racks unless you find it on ebay.  Which is a pity.  It's just a simple chevron Jones New York tank I picked up on clearance a few years ago, but the thing is so comfortable and so well cut, it deserved a bit of highlighting in the ensemble.   Plus, because it's almost jersey-like but 95% polyester, I don't think it's possible to wrinkle it on the wrinkliest day of the year with an electrified wrinkling machine (to paraphrase Homer Simpson, which I probably do too often).  

Anyway, total effect, if I do say so myself, is professional, solid, sleek (especially with my still-kinda-new-but-already-beloved-bangs), and eye catching.  

I mean really.  With my height and stature, I ain't blending into any crowds.  I may as well make the most of it.